2019-20 Illinois Postseason Poll

[Berniecrat]

Since other circuits are running their own postseason polls as a result of the premature cancellation of the quizbowl season, it seems fitting for Illinois to have its own. In the ILQB Discord we have designed a poll in which voters are able to vote for who they believed were the top teams, players overall, players in specific categories, freshmen, or sophomores in Illinois this season. Feel free to fill out as many polls as you feel qualified to fill out, and if after you submit you realized you forgot to submit for one of the polls you can edit your responses. We would ask that only in-person stats be considered for these polls due to the recent surge of cheating scandals and other features that make online tournaments not the best to judge caliber.

This poll will close on June 5, 2020.

https://forms.gle/AaNUmdLW7Jn6PYPHA

[db0wman]

One team that I'd like to remind voters about is Naperville North. Judson and Geoffrey have an absolute lock on science from what I've seen.

[db0wman]

I've created a video series featuring Arjun Nageswaran in which I explain my opinions and takes for each of the polls. Make sure to like and subscribe so that I may achieve my dreams of becoming a full-time quizbowl content creator.

[Berniecrat]

The poll has concluded. We had 17 different people fill out their ballots, which was much better turnout than expected. Special thanks to Dylan Bowman from Uni Lab for helping get out the vote with his video series. I hope to continue seeing high quality quizbowl content from him in the future.

Congratulations to the top finishers!

TOP 10 TEAMS
1. University Lab A, 130 Points, Average Rank of 1, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Adlai E. Stevenson A, 117 Points, Average Rank of 2, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
3. Barrington A, 99 Points, Average Rank of 3.38, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
4. IMSA A, 87 Points, Average Rank of 4.31, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
5. Hinsdale Central A, 76 Points, Average Rank of 5.15, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
6. Chicago Christian A, 61 Points, Average Rank of 6.31, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
7. Fremd A, 55 Points, Average Rank of 6.77, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
8. Springfield A, 42 Points, Average Rank of 7.77, Ranked in 92.31% of Ballots
9. Latin A, 19 Points, Average Rank of 9.54, Ranked in 69.23% of Ballots
10. Williamsville A, 14 Points, Average Rank of 9.92, Ranked in 76.92% of Ballots

TOP 15 PLAYERS
1. Govind Prabhakar, 175 Points, Average Rank of 1.42, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Dylan Bowman, 167 Points, Average Rank of 2.08, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
3. Benjamin Fry, 153 Points, Average Rank of 3.25, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
4. Ethan Ashbrook, 141 Points, Average Rank of 4.25, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
5. Arjun Nageswaran, 131 Points, Average Rank of 5.08, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
6. Jonathan Lau, 119 Points, Average Rank of 6.08, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
7. Matthew Lee, 90 Points, Average Rank of 8.5, Ranked in 83.33% of Ballots
8. Thomas Mercurio, 86 Points, Average Rank of 8.83, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
9. Ashish Subramanian, 63 Points, Average Rank of 10.75, Ranked in 83.33% of Ballots
10. Danny Kim, 54 Points, Average Rank of 11.5, Ranked in 75% of Ballots
11. Sophie Netzel, 42 Points, Average Rank of 12.5, Ranked in 58.33% of Ballots
12. Aidan Fein, 39 Points, Average Rank of 12.75, Ranked in 75% of Ballots
13. Nathan Clack, 36 Points, Average Rank of 13, Ranked in 75% of Ballots
14. Liam Starnes, 28 Points, Average Rank of 13.67, Ranked in 58.33% of Ballots
15. Ryan Tsau, 24 Points, Average Rank of 14, Ranked in 58.33% of Ballots

TOP 5 FRESHMEN
1. Aadit Juneja, 20 Points, Average Rank of 2.67, Ranked in 66.67% of Ballots
2. Rishabh Wuppalapati, 17 Points, Average Rank of 3.17, Ranked in 66.67% of Ballots
3. Saketh Dontaraju, 14 Points, Average Rank of 3.67, Ranked in 83.33% of Ballots
4. Arjun Kala, 13 Points, Average Rank of 3.83, Ranked in 83.33% of Ballots
5. Jared Dong, 10 Points, Average Rank of 4.33, Ranked in 50% of Ballots

TOP 5 SOPHOMORES
1. Lawrence Zhao, 26 Points, Average Rank of 1.67, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Tommy Guyett, 16 Points, Average Rank of 3.33, Ranked in 66.67% of Ballots
3. Anish Arora, 13 Points, Average Rank of 3.83, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
4. Anmol Dash, 12 Points, Average Rank of 4, Ranked in 50% of Ballots
5. Jack Casey, 11 Points, Average Rank of 4.17, Ranked in 66.67% of Ballots

TOP 5 HISTORY PLAYERS
1. Govind Prabhakar, 55 Points, Average Rank of 1, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
T-2. Jonathan Lau, 28 Points, Average Rank of 3.45, Ranked in 72.73% of Ballots
T-2. Liam Starnes, 28 Points, Average Rank of 3.45, Ranked in 90.91% of Ballots
4. Arjun Nageswaran, 26 Points, Average Rank of 3.64, Ranked in 90.91% of Ballots
5. Eric Webb, 11 Points, Average Rank of 5, Ranked in 45.45% of Ballots

TOP 5 SCIENCE PLAYERS
1. Dylan Bowman, 45 Points, Average Rank of 1, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Stan Melkumian, 24 Points, Average Rank of 3.33, Ranked in 77.78% of Ballots
3. David Lee, 19 Points, Average Rank of 3.89, Ranked in 66.67% of Ballots
4. Judson Lam, 12 Points, Average Rank of 4.67, Ranked in 55.56% of Ballots
5. Benjamin Fry, 11 Points, Average Rank of 4.78, Ranked in 77.78% of Ballots

TOP 5 LITERATURE PLAYERS
1. Ethan Ashbrook, 40 Points, Average Rank of 1, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Danny Kim, 27 Points, Average Rank of 2.63, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
3. Nathan Clack, 19 Points, Average Rank of 3.63, Ranked in 75% of Ballots
4. Benjamin Fry, 15 Points, Average Rank of 4.13, Ranked in 62.5% of Ballots
5. Roxanne Tang, 5 Points, Average Rank of 5.38, Ranked in 37.5% of Ballots

TOP 3 FINE ARTS PLAYERS
1. Dylan Bowman, 26 Points, Average Rank of 1.11, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Arjun Nageswaran, 10 Points, Average Rank of 2.89, Ranked in 55.56% of Ballots
3. Aidan Fein, 7 Points, Average Rank of 3.22, Ranked in 44.44% of Ballots

TOP 3 RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY PLAYERS
1. Govind Prabhakar, 12 Points, Average Rank of 2, Ranked in 83.33% of Ballots
2. Ethan Ashbrook, 10 Points, Average Rank of 2.33, Ranked in 66.67% of Ballots
3. Roxanne Tang, 5 Points, Average Rank of 3.17, Ranked in 33.33% of Ballots

TOP 3 PHILOSOPHY & SOCIAL SCIENCE PLAYERS
1. Sophie Netzel, 10 Points, Average Rank of 1.5, Ranked in 100% of Ballots
2. Ethan Ashbrook, 8 Points, Average Rank of 2, Ranked in 75% of Ballots
3. Danny Kim, 3 Points, Average Rank of 3.25, Ranked in 50% of Ballots

TOP 3 GEOGRAPHY & CURRENT EVENTS PLAYERS
1. Govind Prabhakar, 24 Points, Average Rank of 1.82, Ranked in 81.82% of Ballots
2. Ashish Subramanian, 16 Points, Average Rank of 2.55, Ranked in 90.91% of Ballots
3. Jonathan Lau, 15 Points, Average Rank of 2.64, Ranked in 63.64% of Ballots

Full results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Thanks to everyone for a great season. Even though this season was cut short due to factors out of our control it was really fun playing everyone in the circuit, and this poll provided as close to a feeling of closure as possible given the disappointing way things turned out. Best of luck to seniors as they head off to college and hopefully the situation improves so that a quizbowl season is possible in Illinois next year!